Shutter bower and fastener



(N'o Model.)

` v D. M. STAUFFER'.

SHUTTER BOWER AND FASTBNER.

No. 589,039. PatlentedAug. 31,1897.

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DANI-EL M. srAU'EEER, oF EAST EETERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHUTTER BOWER AND FASTENER.l

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Application ned retmry 16, i897. seein no. 623,655. cre noden bowers andfasteners; and the object of the` invention is to provide a device ofthis kind which shall be exceedingly cheap and simple in construction,easily operated, and one which can be applied to any of the shutters nowin use.

The invention consists in certain details of construction and noveltiesof combination, all of which Will be fully described hereinafter, andpointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a viewshowingthe practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a face viewof the device complete, the locking-bolt being thrown into operation.Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 A t 'of Fig. 2.n

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on Vthe'llinei i of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 vis adetail perspective View of the bowing-bolts connected. Fig. 6 is adetail perspective view of the sectional construction of bowing-bolt.

In carrying out my invention I employ two plates A and A', respectively,the plate A being slightly longer than the plate A, said plates bein gattached to the inner facesv of the.

shut-ters or blinds, as most clearly shown in Fig. l, and arranged uponthe said plates are the tubular or barrel-shaped locking-casings B andB', in which slide the bowing-bolts C and C', respectively, said boltsbeing operated by means of knobs C2 and C3,- respectively, Which work inthe longitudinal 'slotsCif and C5, produced in the casings B and B. `Theend of the bolt C is provided with a hook C6, and the end of the bolt Cis provided with an eye C7, adapted to receive the hook of the opposingbolt, said .bolts having a certain amount ofplay within the casings, sothat engagement.

seen that the shutters or blinds can be connected at their outer edgesby a suitable construction of hinged joint, and in order to lock thebolts within the casings or housings I em ploy the spring-catches C8,which engage recesses C, produced in the bolts C and C', the engagingends of the'spring-catches Working through the openings C10, produced inthe tops of the housings or casings. By this arrangement either of thebolts can be adjusted, as

desired, and then locked inthe adjusted position, so that it will beimpossible to open 0r close the shutters from the outside.

Directly below the casings B and B are the rectangular-shaped housings Dand D', re spectively, the housing D carrying a lockingbolt E, which isoperated by means of a suit,- able knob E', which works through a slotin the bottom of the casing.

The bolt E is adapted to be projected into the casing D for the purposeof locking the blinds or shutters Whenever in a closed position, and inorder to limit the backward movement of the said bolt Iemploy a springF, -which is attached to the inner face of said bolt and is adaptedto'engage the rear wall of the recess G, 'produced near the rear end ofthe plate A.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated the construction ofa bowing-bolt, which iscomposed of the sections H and H', hinged at H2, `the bolt in otherdetails being exactly the saine as that previously described, and theobject of the hinged joint is to permit the blinds to be bowed andseparated a distance at least equal to the lengthof the section H.'

Suitable Arings I are attached to the plates for the purpose of swingingthe blinds or shutters in or out.

It will thus be seen that I provide an exceedingly cheap, simple',"'andefticient construction of combined shutter bower and fastener, and onewhich will carry out all of the objects'for which it is intended.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire't'osecure by Letters Patent, is- 7 l. In a device of'the kind described,the combination with the casings, of the bowing-` vbolts-arrangedtherein, one of which has a hook and the other an eye, thespring'fcatches for securing the saidlbolts, andpperatingf IOOmechanism, substantially :is shown and decatches adapted to work throughthe easings seribed. and engage the recesses in lhe bolts, substan- 2.In L device of the kind described, the tially as shown and described.

combination with the bowing-bolts having a DANIEL M. STAUFFER.

series of recesses, one of said bolts having :L Witnesses:

hook and the other an eye, the ezt-sings in PETER XV. VITMER,

which the said bolis slide, and the spring- Jos. DELLET.

